Noon kickoff. No buzz nationally. South Carolina stumbling in with four straight SEC losses.

From the outside in, it was nearly impossible to play a meaningful game from the Swamp on Saturday, a matchup featuring a pair of underachieving Eastern Division rivals with coaches who have been the subject of fodder throughout fall.

But this is what sets the SEC apart from the rest of college football.

Every game strikes an emotional cord within a fanbase — win or lose — and the Gamecocks’ improbable three-point overtime victory was one that South Carolinians everywhere will not only savor as this season’s best win, but one that assumes a spot in the list of Spurrier’s notables during his tenure.

“I don’t know about the biggest wins of my career, but it’s a big win for the University of South Carolina,” coach Steve Spurrier said. “If we can beat that team next week we play, we’re going to be bowl eligible. After two weeks ago, it didn’t look all that pretty for us at that time.”

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Soured by four straight SEC losses, South Carolina showed unexpected resiliency against a team playing for its coach’s job to record just its second win ever at a venue that’s housed two national champions over the last decade.

On the receiving of various defensive jokes throughout a lousy season, the Gamecocks saved their best performance when it mattered most, all but solidifying a postseason game for the seventh straight year.

Salvaging a disappointing campaign after a loss to Tennessee dropped South Carolina to 4-5 two weeks ago seemed unlikely, but it’s happening.

We know it’s a subjective list, but here’s a quick look at South Carolina’s best wins under Spurrier:

5. at No. 5 Mizzou, Oct. 26, 2013 — One of two unlikely comeback wins in this list, last season’s 27-24 overtime victory on the road kept the Gamecocks alive in the race to Atlanta and knocked off a previously unbeaten national title contender. Connor Shaw generated three scoring drives in the fourth quarter with his team trailing by 17 points and completed a clutch 4th-and-goal touchdown pass to Bruce Ellington in the first overtime to escape defeat.

4. at Florida, Nov. 16, 2014 — Like the overtime victory at Mizzou, it’s how the Gamecocks won which made Saturday’s game so special. Trailing by a touchdown in the final minutes, South Carolina blocked and punt and scored five plays later to force overtime. Dylan Thompson’s walk-off keeper in the extra session is the shining moment of the fifth-year quarterback’s up and down senior campaign and fitting considering what he’s meant to the program as Connor Shaw’s primary backup for several seasons.

3. vs. No. 1 Alabama, Oct. 9, 2010 — South Carolina’s first-ever win over a top-ranked team came on an afternoon where everything clicked for the eventual Eastern Division champions against the makings of an SEC dynasty. Victories like this was what Spurrier promised when he arrived after Lou Holtz’s resignation. This win lost some of its initial luster when the Gamecocks lost at Kentucky the following game.

2. vs. No. 5 Georgia, Oct. 6, 2012 — The most convincing win ever for South Carolina in the rivalry series, the Gamecocks’ 28-point beatdown of the fifth-ranked Bulldogs at Williams-Brice Stadium was their school-record 10th straight victory dating back to the 2011 campaign. Flawless execution in the first quarter led to a 21-0 lead in the first nine minutes, a sucker punch to Mark Richt’s team.

1. at No. 24 Florida, Nov. 13, 2010 — Spurrier’s third trip to Gainesville as the Gamecocks coach ended with the first win at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in program history, clinching South Carolina’s only Eastern Division championship. Freshman Marcus Lattimore rushed 40 times for 212 yards and three touchdowns in a performance that will never be forgotten in Palmetto State lore.